The way you win this type of game is to keep the opposing team’s offense off the field as much as you can. The way you do that is with long, sustained drives. The way you do that is by running the football.
Wilcox has never had an offense that can do that, at least not consistently.
And the -82 4Q point differential Justin Wilcox owns for his Cal head coaching career is how you get to be 18 games below .500 against conference opponents.
I guess there’s always a chance that a switch gets flipped, the OL suddenly gels and the Bears are able to rely on a steady running game to salt away wins and make the leap that is necessary for the program to survive the next realignment…
I watched Nick Morrow walk up the stairs to the stadium before Miami. He's tall, but his arms are skinny, I mean, like dude on the street skinny, and his pleasant smile and teenage looking demeanor said nothing to me about a menacing left tackle. I don't doubt the kid has potential, but the time and energy put into him being our starting left has so far been a colossal waste of time. Our offensive line truly sucks. So unless the quick pass game yields big plays more consistently like the first three quarters of Miami, we are doomed. The D will get gassed again. Pitt will score 30+ no matter what we do. You can tell I am not optimistic.
This is great work and I appreciate the "nerdy" stuff immensely. In the 2nd video I skipped around a little and you can hear Narduzzi saying that he's never lost a gain when holding the run. They beat Miami (OH) when Roethlisberger (when he was with Northern Iowa) threw for 541 but the run game had 32 yards. Pitt won their bowl game against Baylor with 500+ passing yards and 18 rushing yards.
Really interesting chess match here.
And please Fernando: be mindful of dropping LBs staring at you!
I'm actually not clear on which head coach you think is retaining top OC talent. Narduzzi? Most of his OCs were there for 1 year. The longest he's held onto an OC was for 3 years. Narduzzi had 6 different OCs in 10 years. Most of them were fired and took demotions at other programs, with the exception of that 3-year OC (Mark Whipple, OC when Pitt won the ACC) who became the Nebraska OC for a year.
Mark Whipple, Cade Bell, even Jim Chaney and Matt Canada were very solid OCs that led Pitt to winning seasons. Wilcox is the equivalent of Narduzzi hiring 4 different versions of Frank Cignetti over 8 years
Thanks Piotr.
The way you win this type of game is to keep the opposing team’s offense off the field as much as you can. The way you do that is with long, sustained drives. The way you do that is by running the football.
Wilcox has never had an offense that can do that, at least not consistently.
And the -82 4Q point differential Justin Wilcox owns for his Cal head coaching career is how you get to be 18 games below .500 against conference opponents.
I guess there’s always a chance that a switch gets flipped, the OL suddenly gels and the Bears are able to rely on a steady running game to salt away wins and make the leap that is necessary for the program to survive the next realignment…
Everyone knows to stack the box against us. Keep pounding them through the air until they stop. Worked for 3 quarters last week
Following conventional wisdom like “establish the run game first” and “run out the clock” is going to end in pain
I watched Nick Morrow walk up the stairs to the stadium before Miami. He's tall, but his arms are skinny, I mean, like dude on the street skinny, and his pleasant smile and teenage looking demeanor said nothing to me about a menacing left tackle. I don't doubt the kid has potential, but the time and energy put into him being our starting left has so far been a colossal waste of time. Our offensive line truly sucks. So unless the quick pass game yields big plays more consistently like the first three quarters of Miami, we are doomed. The D will get gassed again. Pitt will score 30+ no matter what we do. You can tell I am not optimistic.
This is great work and I appreciate the "nerdy" stuff immensely. In the 2nd video I skipped around a little and you can hear Narduzzi saying that he's never lost a gain when holding the run. They beat Miami (OH) when Roethlisberger (when he was with Northern Iowa) threw for 541 but the run game had 32 yards. Pitt won their bowl game against Baylor with 500+ passing yards and 18 rushing yards.
Really interesting chess match here.
And please Fernando: be mindful of dropping LBs staring at you!
Yeah, I'm really nervous. I hope a significant amount of Eastern Bears turn out.
Cut from the same cloth, but only one HC is able to attract and retain top OC talent
I'm actually not clear on which head coach you think is retaining top OC talent. Narduzzi? Most of his OCs were there for 1 year. The longest he's held onto an OC was for 3 years. Narduzzi had 6 different OCs in 10 years. Most of them were fired and took demotions at other programs, with the exception of that 3-year OC (Mark Whipple, OC when Pitt won the ACC) who became the Nebraska OC for a year.
Mark Whipple, Cade Bell, even Jim Chaney and Matt Canada were very solid OCs that led Pitt to winning seasons. Wilcox is the equivalent of Narduzzi hiring 4 different versions of Frank Cignetti over 8 years